Substation for Medicine Hat denied by Alberta Utilities Commission
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MEDICINE HAT, AB – The city received an update on Monday in which they were notified that the city’s request for a substation in the southwest quadrant of the city was denied.
Plans for the substation began back in 2019 when the city began its site evaluation and cost estimations in southwest Medicine Hat to meet growing electricity needs. The city filed a regulatory application for approval to construct the substation last June. The plan was to build the substation either near Highway 3 or near South Boundary Road at the entrance to Desert Blume.
The application was denied on the grounds that the sites were not in the public’s interest. A public hearing was held on March 13, where the proposal was reviewed and submissions were made from three intervening parties.
The city says that the decision will delay the ability to increase a secure power supply in the southern portion of the city, and that electricity constraints may impede development. Development applications will be evaluated on a first-come, first-served basis and will work to help minimize the decision’s impacts on the area.
